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=Mini-Mission 2: Wisdom of the Crowd: Mission Development / Reflection on the Mission= Day 2 (Wednesday) November 10, 2010 TIME: 9:40 a.m. - Noon

=**Goals for Process**=
 * 1) To engage colleagues in meaningful conversation around the shape of education in the 21st Century
 * 2) To contribute to systemic thinking on future schooling
 * 3) To develop and share effective classroom practices in the 21st Century
 * 4) To foster an open and transparent think tank for our school communities
 * 5) To design and develop systemic plans that inform our coaching role and mobilize 21st century teaching and learning
 * 6) To improve in our practice as coaches and facilitators of learning.

=Guiding Questions=

3. What skill improvement and resources do I need as a coach to effectively support 21st century learning?
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The last 20 min. of the session was recorded. It can be found here: Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach's final comments

Joined on November 10, 2010 at 2:10 PM - Cocoa5: Good Morning Friends - Cocoa5: From Heather and JJustine - Me: Hi from Diahann and Evelyn - Moderator: Sec trying to get my sound to work - Cocoa 2: Hello from Cocoa 2! - Moderator: Give me 5 min - Aztec: no problem.... Hello from Aztec!!! - magnoliaD: Hello from Magnolia D  - Moderator: You guys can start to exchange ideas and such in this chat area - Moderator: brb - Empire D: Hello from Empire D  - Empire A: Hello from Empire A - Magnolia A 1: i don't have loud speakers - Magnolia A 1: difficult to hear - Crystal A: Hello from Crystal A  - Empire B: Having speaker problems - Crystal A: Having speaker problems - Crystal A: are speakers aren't working - Empire B: are speakers are working now thanks - Crystal A: we can hear you on the computer - Moderator: How about the rest of you? - Me: Agreed - Magnolia C: that was ours too - Magnolia A 1: we agree - Moderator: WEigh in here in chat please. - Me: scheduling - magnoliaD: Professional development was our top vote getter as well - Me: time was #2 - Wildrose B: Leadership/Administrtion - magnoliaD: time was number 2 for us  - Wild Rose A: we had a good idea on this - Magnolia C: We also said that we wanted to SEE examples of Project based learning - Magnolia A 1: we need to rethink daily schedules - Wild Rose A: misaligned goals for pd  - Me: culture - Wild Rose A: money - Magnolia A 1: we had 3 votes for culture - Moderator: Define culture please - Magnolia B: Culture between Admin and Staff - Empire A: Culture received 25 votes in our room. - Moderator: All of you -- take a stab at common language. - Magnolia B: It should not be that way. - Empire C: Culture had 9 votes in our room - Aztec: we didn't call it culture as much as lack of understanding and communication between admin/tech/ curriculum - Me: culture = mindset, vibe, traditions, always been done this way - Wildrose B: One unique situation is a district with high scores already that doesn't feel the need for change. - Empire C: Culture was about the expectations and willingness of both teachers and students - Empire A: Attitude/Motivation -you can't legislate attitude. - Wild Rose A: that culture was set a loooong time ago - Empire C: Culture also was touched on in terms of the vision and consistency of administrators - Cocoa 4: leadership plays a large roll in establishing and changing the culture - Empire B: Our biggest was administration support which ties to culture - Crystal A: enlighten school board, community, adm - Magnolia A 1: culture is different in each school even within one single district - Wild Rose A: little understanding of thr roles - Cocoa 2: Cocoa 2 had Administration/Leadership as it's number one. - Me: excellent point Magnolia A  - Magnolia B: Professional Development Needs - Magnolia A 1: funding - Aztec: one of our tables identified PD as their priority - Moderator: @Aztec what kind of priorities? - Empire C: A teacher survey to make PD more teacher-driven. Also tying all PD for a number of years to PBL - Moderator: @Empire what does that look like when you unpack it? - Magnolia A 1: buy in - collaboration - Empire B: community involvement to support funding - Wild Rose A: pbl can be cross curricular - Empire C: Having board members participate in one teacher training session - Aztec: waiting for the table to respond - Magnolia A 1: funding is there it needs to be reorgnized for instructional needs - Me: Generate a leadership team with action plan for providing job-embedded PD throughput the year - Wildrose B: Allow teachers to desgin their inservice days. - Empire B: Admin Support was our top category - Empire A: Input from teachers- thie ideas to establish buy-in - Moderator: @Cocoa great ideas.. ways to scale? - Aztec: we have a representative to speak on their PD ideas - magnoliaD: ummer flex days - Wild Rose A: what about mandated PD?  - Magnolia A 1: avatar 1. Web-based Professional development Like: a. Podcasts/VodCasts b. Web-based resources c. Online Professional Development Courses - Me: Agree with Empire C and the board presence at PD sessions - Wild Rose A: special ed folks have required PD  - magnoliaD: Techie Tuesdays, Breakfast Breakouts, Lunch and Learn - Magnolia C: They do not know what PBL is. We need to have some examples in which they particpate. - Empire A: 1. visit other schools - magnoliaD: Intensive Technology Academy - Empire A: collaborate with admin - magnoliaD: Independent Project Development done by teacher instead of being formally observed - Magnolia A 1: pd for admin... they should be here and be expected to work on missions with their coaches and truly create an implementation plan - Cocoa 4: amen magnolia a  - Empire A: Having PD sessions that model PBL. Show them what it looks like. - Aztec: AGREED - Wildrose B: Create in-person or online professional development with pay and Act 48 or co-partner with local universities to offer graduate credit. - Wild Rose A: they just need to understand..not do  - Moderator: wow-- talk about that. - Moderator: Cant hear - Me: Admin is limiting themselves to Act 45 courses. DOes anyone have an ITQ done ofr PBL? - Cocoa 4: we cant hear - Moderator: need to speak in mic - Wildrose B: Have coaches and teachers to provide resources on a web tool or shared directory within a district network and provide opportunities for teachers to model. - Magnolia B: Mic is open - Empire B: That is the importance of the team meetings with the Coach, TIM, mentors and admins to discuss the plans for meeting the needs - Wild Rose A: 470 forms dont have this - Magnolia A 1: not peeeeeons right - Aztec: instructional leadership can be defined very differently depending on the district - Magnolia A 1: leadership is leadership no matter what the passion

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